Ur-Hamlet
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Ur-Hamlet is a hypothesized lost Elizabethan play, likely about the Danish prince Hamlet, that is thought to have significantly influenced Shakespeare’s *Hamlet*.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamlet | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan play
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hypothetical lost play ⓘ lost work ⓘ source text ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Hamlet tradition
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lost plays in early modern drama ⓘ source criticism of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| attributedAuthor | Thomas Kyd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | legend of Amleth ⓘ |
| basedOnSource | Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalContext | English Renaissance theatre ⓘ |
| dramaticFeature |
court intrigue
ⓘ
ghost of Hamlet’s father NERFINISHED ⓘ mad or feigned-mad protagonist ⓘ murder and revenge ⓘ |
| dramaticForm | revenge tragedy ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
conjectural reconstruction by scholars
ⓘ
indirect documentary references ⓘ |
| existenceStatus | lost ⓘ |
| genre | tragedy ⓘ |
| influencedAuthor | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedWork | Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenceType |
character constellation
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plot structure ⓘ revenge-motif conventions ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possibleAuthor |
Thomas Kyd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ anonymous Elizabethan playwright ⓘ |
| relationshipToHamlet |
earlier dramatic treatment of the Hamlet story
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probable source play for Shakespeare’s Hamlet ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
authorship
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date of composition ⓘ degree of influence on Shakespeare’s Hamlet ⓘ whether it was distinct from early versions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet ⓘ |
| setting | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInShakespeareStudies | important hypothetical source ⓘ |
| subject |
Danish royal family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prince Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualSurvival |
no known surviving manuscript
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no known surviving printed edition ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
Hamlet